Zhang Zhong looked at the new book he had just drawn and was a little surprised.
The reason for the surprise was that he had just seen two dogs fighting in the garbage dump on the street yesterday.
He didn't know much about dog breeds, but the two dogs looked like Teddy dogs. One was bigger and could reach an adult's knee when standing up, while the other was much smaller and heavier than Zhang.
His legs don't grow much.
But the outcome of this dog fight was unexpected. In the end, the decent-looking big dog was defeated, barked twice, turned around and ran away.
The little dog just glanced at the big dog and occupied the territory it was guarding with peace of mind.
The soft ones are afraid of the hard ones, the hard ones are afraid of the horizontal ones, and the horizontal ones are afraid of death.
This is true for people, and it is also true for dogs.
This puppy may have once been a beloved pet of a caring person. For some unknown reason, it eventually became a stray dog wandering the streets and making a living by digging through garbage dumps.
It once lived a rich life, eating delicious dog food every day just by wagging its tail, and sleeping in a warm room at night. Now everything is different, and it has nothing but the garbage heap.
Perhaps it was because it had no way to retreat that it was able to burst out with a life-threatening aura to scare the big dog away.
Zhang Zhong couldn't help but wonder about the fate of this puppy.
That garbage pile is the product of the snack street behind it, which is rare in modern cities. I heard that this snack street will be demolished in a few days, and it will lose its territory by then.
Of course, if it may not last until that time, the city management department will take it away.
But the energy it burst out impressed Zhang Zhong deeply.
So Zhang Zhong was a little surprised when he suddenly drew "The Call of the Wild" today. Maybe there is some connection between the two things? Or is it a simple coincidence?
Zhang Zhong was only slightly surprised and did not dwell too much on this issue.
The book has been imprinted in his mind and can be produced at any time.
Jack London is a very controversial writer.
He came from a poor family, and when he was eight years old, he had to go to the ranch to work as a shepherd boy to make a living. Later, he worked as a newsboy, a dock worker, a sailboat tax collector, and a linen weaving factory worker.
He was also arrested and jailed for "unemployed loitering" and spent several months in jail.
Such a chaotic life made him brave.
As a teenager, he was a hooligan, stealing, fighting, and even burning other people's boats.
But he was a very fond of reading. Even in such a difficult environment, he read a large number of works. It is said that when he was nine years old, he had already read the Spanish travelogue "Alhambra" written by Washington Irving.
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If you put aside the bastard things he did, he would be a young genius praised by everyone in any era.
What's even more legendary is that this guy had a wild temper. He once made a living by stealing oysters from farmers in San Francisco Bay, but later he became a patrolman and hunted down oyster thieves.
He ended up living a life he hated...
Jack London never became a great gentleman in the eyes of others. In his short life of forty years, he experienced many dark and magnificent things that ordinary people have never experienced.
It is also this kind of life experience that makes his works often make people feel the worship of life itself, as well as the pursuit of original form and spiritual freedom for life and the meaning of existence.
When Zhang Zhong thinks of Jack London, he also unnaturally thinks of rock and roll.
Sometimes when I see some singers selling their so-called freedom and anger to others, Zhang Zhong will smile. The freedom and anger in their mouths are just helpless moans.
Real rock and roll should be like Jack London's works, with the same combination of freedom and passion as Dionysus, bursting out the most primitive call of life - tenacious survival.
When we say that Jack London is controversial, we are not referring to these petty disputes.
In his early days, he was influenced by the theory of evolution and Nietzsche's individualism and racism, and he has never been accustomed to yellow people.
He once published articles such as "The Yellow Peril" to express his worries about the consequences of China's expansion, and also said that China would subvert the Western world, which was considered an early form of corruption.
Later, in the novel "Unprecedented Invasion", it was also proposed to use biological warfare to prevent the rise of China.
At that time, ideas like Jack London's were not uncommon and could be said to be a product of the times.
Therefore, the Chinese people also have ambivalence towards him.
Of course, Jack London's thoughts have also changed. It may be that after working as a reporter for a period of time and coming into contact with more Chinese people, he changed from his original naked prejudice and hatred to some understanding and sympathy.
His transformation is based on the fact that the politics, economy and culture of a country in its historical development process will affect a person's view of the same thing.
Different cultural backgrounds and life experiences affect Jack London's cultural stance and ideology, thereby affecting his views on the image of the Chinese. Therefore, his views on the Chinese are also the result of many aspects.
Now there is a typical example.
Before Zhang Zhong appeared, foreigners always held their heads high and expressed disdain when it came to Chinese science fiction, but now few people hold such views.
This is not only due to Zhang Zhong. Since Chinese science fiction novels became popular abroad, a door has been opened, and the novels of many other Chinese science fiction writers have also entered the eyes of foreigners.
Only then did they discover that China also has excellent science fiction novels, and it was not just pz alone.
With this understanding, their prejudices were gradually offset.
Zhang Zhong put aside "Call of the Wild" for the time being. He had no plans to release the book for the time being.
Buzz——
He was preparing to go upstairs to prepare lessons. He has two classes to attend tomorrow.
However, I received an international call.
"Mr. Linde." Zhang Zhong smiled and called the caller's name. They had exchanged contact information with each other a long time ago.
"Did I bother you?" Linde's voice came over the phone. It was not distorted because it was an international long distance call. Linde's voice was very clear.
Zhang Chong smiled and said, "It's evening here, but the sun probably hasn't risen yet over your side."
"I usually get up early." Linde smiled, "Daniel called me yesterday and asked me if I would go to China with him to find you. You probably hadn't gotten up yet, so I didn't bother you.
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Hearing that Llorente was coming, Zhang Zhong smiled and said, "Of course I welcome you if you want to come. Can you tell me when you will come?"
"Time doesn't matter to us, so I wanted to ask you when you have time."
"I'm available here at any time, you can decide according to your own time." Zhang Zhong said.
Linde hummed, "Okay, then I'll tell Daniel now and call you later."